Good grief... Alright, fine. My question is: What's most important to you? Who or what would you be most willing to defend with your life? Surely even if you'd like the be a completely different person, you still have things you care about now.
[ Look, McGillis would share mundane details of his mundane life without problem, but all of this started because of his refusal to share The Torment Of His Past and he is not budging on that, wow.
But also maybe he really ought to stop allowing Yugamu questions, because he keeps going for the jugular. ]
Of course I do. Being a different person is a distant fantasy, but the life I live now is immediate.
[ What is most important to him... His ambitions. The armor around his soul that he won't allow to break. Telling Yugamu as much would be telling him too much. But there is something else he can say, easily fitting the facade of McGillis Fareed while saying the same thing. ]
She's nine years old right now, and trying very hard at becoming a real lady. She promised me that when I return from my mission, she will be able to welcome me with a surprise new skill to those ends. She wouldn't say which.
Our engagement was decided when she was five, to strengthen the bond between our houses. It won't be formal until I come home though - that's when the engagement party is scheduled for.
[ Or would be if he wasn't stuck in disease village hell. Everyone must be out of their minds with concern by now. ]
It's just power play of the rich and powerful. My father plays the game rather well.
How fortunate I am that her older brother is my own childhood friend, so I had nothing to worry about on that front.
[ Gaelio, who pretty regularly expresses his pity for McGillis in this situation... ]
It's common enough in the upper echelons, where marriage is more about power than sentiment. The Seven Stars especially do not have a lot of offspring, so there was a limited amount of us children to go around - I am not surprised they did not waste time on securing the deal.
Huh... I wonder if Kurara was expecting to be married off in that way. She's the richest person I know.
Either way... I feel bad for all of you. Marriage should be about love. Can't they just make business deals without treating children they should love like chattel?
Their leader, Agnika Kaieru, left no heirs of his own, but the seven most accomplished fighters after him went on to form the houses of the Seven Stars.
It sounds to me like they just reinvented monarchy.
I'd like to say I'm surprised that a society advanced enough to have mechs, like I think you've mentioned, but I don't think mine is really any smarter.
[SIGHS.]
I wonder if it's even possible for intelligent life to evolve without some sort of vice.
I wonder... It seems that all sentient beings crave power in some form, and find it hard to let go thereof. I don't think that is an inherently faulty way to live, but it does prime us for conflict.
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I'm interested in what your question is going to be, at least.
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Good grief... Alright, fine. My question is: What's most important to you? Who or what would you be most willing to defend with your life? Surely even if you'd like the be a completely different person, you still have things you care about now.
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But also maybe he really ought to stop allowing Yugamu questions, because he keeps going for the jugular. ]
Of course I do. Being a different person is a distant fantasy, but the life I live now is immediate.
[ What is most important to him... His ambitions. The armor around his soul that he won't allow to break. Telling Yugamu as much would be telling him too much. But there is something else he can say, easily fitting the facade of McGillis Fareed while saying the same thing. ]
My fiancée, Almiria.
[ Because Almiria is the mirror of soul - and the completion of his ambitions will see her safe and happy. ]
Our engagement was arranged by our parents and we are far apart in age, but that does not change how precious she is to me.
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How old is she, then?
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[ He does sound fond of her when he speaks. ]
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She's even younger than my little sister... I can understand why you're fond of her but why are they marrying her off so young?
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[ Or would be if he wasn't stuck in disease village hell. Everyone must be out of their minds with concern by now. ]
It's just power play of the rich and powerful. My father plays the game rather well.
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So this is normal where you're from? I think if my parents tried to promise my sister's hand to a man over twice her age I'd kill them myself.
No offense. You seem fine but how would I know if this hypothetical man would be?
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[ Gaelio, who pretty regularly expresses his pity for McGillis in this situation... ]
It's common enough in the upper echelons, where marriage is more about power than sentiment. The Seven Stars especially do not have a lot of offspring, so there was a limited amount of us children to go around - I am not surprised they did not waste time on securing the deal.
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Either way... I feel bad for all of you. Marriage should be about love. Can't they just make business deals without treating children they should love like chattel?
[Yugamu like maybe we should eat the rich.]
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Not in a social class that builds its legitimacy on blood relation to long-gone war heroes, no.
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Those are the ones you mentioned before I assume. The ones that cast off their humanity.
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Their leader, Agnika Kaieru, left no heirs of his own, but the seven most accomplished fighters after him went on to form the houses of the Seven Stars.
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I'd like to say I'm surprised that a society advanced enough to have mechs, like I think you've mentioned, but I don't think mine is really any smarter.
[SIGHS.]
I wonder if it's even possible for intelligent life to evolve without some sort of vice.
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I wonder... It seems that all sentient beings crave power in some form, and find it hard to let go thereof. I don't think that is an inherently faulty way to live, but it does prime us for conflict.